ppc64-diag 2.6.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack related to (1) rtas_errd/diag_support.c and…

Description

ppc64-diag 2.6.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack related to (1) rtas_errd/diag_support.c and /tmp/get_dt_files, (2) scripts/ppc64_diag_mkrsrc and /tmp/diagSEsnap/snapH.tar.gz, or (3) lpd/test/lpd_ela_test.sh and /var/tmp/ras.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-59 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-59 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• RHSA-2015:1320 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20140617 Re: CVE request: multiple /tmp races in ppc64-diag (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109371 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:0383 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 60616 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2014:0928 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882667 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 68049 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 11:04 UTC.